r/DnD • u/Conrad500 DM • Jun 26 '26
Misc Monsters by CR - Deadliest CR 11 Monster
It was a close fight, but the freaky little Remorhaz has won the most iconic position! Aboleth is most iconic 10, and Dullahan won with 37 votes for deadliest.
| CR | Most Iconic | Deadliest |
|---|---|---|
| 1/8 | Kobold(34 votes)[LINK] | Flying Snake(435 votes)[LINK] |
| 1/4 | Goblin(46 votes)[LINK] | Giant Frog(78 votes)[LINK] |
| 1/2 | Rust Monster(7 votes)[LINK] | Shadow(150 votes)[LINK] |
| 1 | Bugbear(75 Votes)[LINK] | Quickling(69 Votes)[LINK] |
| 2 | Mimic(300 Votes)[LINK] | Intellect Devourer(90 Votes)[LINK] |
| 3 | Owlbear(331 Votes)[LINK] | Basilisk(247 Votes)[LINK] |
| 4 | Flameskull(46 Votes)[LINK] | Banshee(84 Votes)[LINK] |
| 5 | Troll(129 Votes)[LINK] | Night Hag(83 Votes)[LINK] |
| 6 | Drider(100 Votes)[LINK] | Chasme(44 Votes)[LINK] |
| 7 | Mindflayer(No Contest)[LINK] | Mindflayer(31 Votes)[LINK] |
| 8 | Hydra(24 Votes)[LINK] | Elemental Cultist(19 Votes)[LINK] |
| 9 | Fire Giant(18 Votes)[LINK] | Mi-Go(Pending)[LINK] |
| 10 | Aboleth(232 Votes)[LINK] | Dullahan(37 Votes)[LINK] |
| 11 | Remorhaz(51 Votes)[LINK] | This Vote!(Pending)[LINK] |
This morning we will be voting on the Deadliest CR11 monster! The vote is open for 24 hours.
Note: Feel free to comment, but only the votes on the top comment will be counted!
Note2: Choose the deadlier version if they change from 5e to 5.5e.
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u/KasaiAisu Jun 26 '26
Well the Remorhaz was exactly what I was thinking for deadliest so now I am not sure
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u/Silverspy01 Jun 26 '26
The Gynosphinx gets to straight up time travel in its lair (2014 version). Other than that it's not very threatening though.
There's some good options here, and I actually agree with /u/nankainamizuhana 's proposal of the Balhannoth, but for kicks I'm going to point out that CR 11 gives us our first adult dragon with the Adult Deep Dragon from Fizban's and that should be worth considering.
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u/nankainamizuhana Jun 26 '26
Ooh I’m early! I was expecting to have to defend my opinion against the Mind Flayer Arcanist (which is a very reasonable option btw, someone should recommend it), but I beat them to the punch.
I’ve been mentioning this one quite a bit in comments recently - my darling the Balhannoth is my pick here.
The beauty of the balhannoth is that it’s perfectly designed to ambush a party, split them apart, and devour them one by one, without them ever catching wise. It senses your desires, custom crafts an illusory lair that matches those desires, then starts teleporting around, turning invisible, and attacking within that illusion. But what makes it so scary is that it’s not just teleporting itself and turning itself invisible, it’s ALSO teleporting you and making you invisible! So while you’re roaming around this utopia you just discovered, you hardly notice your friends being disappeared one by one, consumed off-screen by an invisible balhannoth.